Judges

Weak things made strong.
The left hand. Chap. 3: 21.
An ox-goad. 3:31.
A woman. 4: 14.
A nail. 4:21.
A barley-cake. 7:13.
Pitcher and trumpet. 7: 20.
Piece of millstone. 9: 53.
Jaw-bone of an ass. 15:16.

3, 4, 5: Note the steps in Israel’s trouble. They — 1. Failed to drive out the idolaters. 4

2. Dwelt among them.

3. Inter- married with them.

4. Served their gods.

5. Forgot God, and

6. Were sold by God to their enemies.

5:23. The sin of omission. Do- Nothing’s curse: —

“Curse ye Meroz, curse ye bitterly the inhabitants thereof, because they came not to the help of the Lord.”

24. “Blessed nltnve women shall Jael be.” She got a higher salutation than the virgin — “Blessed art thou among women.” Luke 1: 28, 42.

6: 15. Gideon’s power came through humiliation.

7: 16. Empty pitchers — light shining in them — trumpets

to proclaim. Such should Christians be.

15: 5. The country was undivided by hedge or fence, so

that once a fire started, it would burn the whole crop.

16: 4. Samson was at a bad place, for a bad purpose,

and of course he came to a bad end.

19. Sleeping in the lap of temptation.

17: 6. Ever)* man did that which was right in his own eyes, and then they soon did that which was evil in the sight of God.

This verse is the key to the book. It is the teaching of the socialist and anarchist; but it did not work in Israel.